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By Anslem Samuel | Published April 9, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

Doctor The truth is most doctors do make a lot of money but it barely offsets their debt. Student loans and annual insurance can take up a large portion of their salary. A four-year college graduate has an average of $25,000 in student loan debt. Doctors must obtain their bachelor’s then go on to medical school, which can come with a additional $155,000 in medical school debt doctors assume in order to save lives. After they graduate medical school they do several years as residents where they earn an average of $50,000. Once they settle on an area of expertise that’s when the big bucks can be made. ER doctors get paid $215,000+; Pediatrics/adolescent medicine, $152,690; Surgeons/general, $255,438; Obstetrics/gynecology, $233,061. Median Salary: $166,000

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The truth is most doctors do make a lot of money but it barely offsets…

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